Background
Allen, John was born on March 7, 1928 in Birmingham. Son of Walter Allen and Beryl Parsons.
Allen, John was born on March 7, 1928 in Birmingham. Son of Walter Allen and Beryl Parsons.
King Edward’s School, Birmingham and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Fellow, University of Saint Andrews 1968-1972, Reader in Physics, Director ofWolfson Institute of Luminescence 1972-1981, Professor, of Solid State Physics since 1981.
Married 1st Mavis Williamson in 1956 (died in 1972), 2nd Hania Szawelska in 1981.